FC Wacker Innsbruck was a football club in Innsbruck, the capital of Tirol, a Bundesland in Austria. The complex and intertwinded history of the club started when FC Wacker Innsbruck was founded in 1913 and ended in bankruptcy and folding of FC Tirol Innsbruck in 2002. A football team is the collective name given to a number of players who play together in a football game, be it association football (soccer), rugby, Australian football, American football, Gaelic football, or other version of football. ... Innsbruck is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the federal state of Tyrol. ... Bundesland (plural Bundesländer)is the German language name for the federal states of Austria. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

FC Wacker Tirol was founded in 2002 and is considered the 'moral' continuation of FC Wacker, FC Swarovski and FC Tirol as shown in the clubs name and its choice of team colours of green and black. However this is a new club as legally it cannot be considered the same club and has no right to claim the previus clubs trophies as its own. FC Wacker Tirol is an Austrian football club from Innsbruck. ...

FC Wacker Innsbruck

Foundation and War Years 1913-1945

Club crest until 1971

Fußball-Club Wacker was found in 1913 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and other now unknown football enthusiasts. The clubs colours were [[black and green from the very foundation of the club. After just a few friend games against other Innsbruck teams the team was put on hiatus until 1918 due to the First World War. 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... See Green for the color. ... Look up hiatus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

First post-war successes 1946-1959

Promotion and Leage Championship 1960-1971

The first Championship winning team was:
Herbert Rettensteiner (Tor), Eschelmüller, Werner, Kriess (Voggenberger), Eigenstiller, Binder, Obert, Ettmayer, Kurt Jara, Wolny und Grausam. Kurt Jara (born October 14, 1950 in Innsbruck) is a retired Austrian footballer. ...

SpG Wattens-Wacker Innsbruck 1971-1986

On July 20, 1971 FC Wacker Innsbruck and WSG Wattens joined together to focus the football power of Tirol on one team. The team built on the fusion of the teams was called SpG Wattens-Wacker Innsbruck. The fusion only applied to the professional sections of the clubs and the junior categories of both teams remained unaffected. After sponsorship changes the teams name was changed once more to SSW Innsbruck (Sparkasse Swarovski Wacker Innsbruck). July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Tyrol (Tirol in German) is a federal state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. ... Sponsorship can refer to several concepts: A sponsors support of an event, activity, person, or organization. ... Swarovski is the brand name for the range of precision-cut crystal glass products produced by companies owned by Swarovski AG of Feldmeilen, near Zürich, Switzerland. ...

New Start at the bottom of the league 1986-1992

Last Season in Professional Football 1992/93

THe second new beginning until Merger 1993-1999

Titles

• Österreichischer Meister: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977
• Österreichischer Pokalsieger: 1970, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1993
• Mitropapokalsieger: 1975, 1976
• Tiroler Landesmeister: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
• Österreichischer Vizemeister: 1967, 1968, 1974, 1976
• Österreichischer Pokalfinalist: 1976, 1982, 1983
• Supercupfinalist: 1993
• Meister 2. Division (2): 1981 als SG Wacker Innsbruck
• Meister Regionalliga West (2): 1964
• Meister Tiroler Landesliga (3): 1958
• Meister 1. Klasse Innsbruck (4): 1953
• Meister B-Klasse Innsbruck-Stadt: 1949
• Meister B-Klasse Oberinntal: 1947
• Meister Kreisliga Tirol: 1941

FC Wacker Innsbruck – Women's Football Section

Titles

• Österreichischer Pokalsieger: 1985

FC Swarovski Tirol 1986-1992

Titles

• Österreichischer Meister: 1989, 1990
• Österreichischer Pokalsieger: 1989
• Österreichischer Vizemeister: 1991
• Österreichischer Pokalfinalist: 1987, 1988
• Supercupfinalist: 1987, 1989, 1990
• UEFA-Cup-Semifinalist: 1987

FC Tirol Innsbruck 1993-2002

Titles

• Österreichischer Meister: 2000, 2001, 2002
• Österreichischer Pokalfinalist: 2001
• Supercupfinalist: 2000, 2001
• Tirolean Regional Cup Finalist: 1999 (FC Tirol Innsbruck Amateure)

League Top Scorers

• 1973 Wolfgang Breuer: 22 Goals, SpG Wattens-Wacker Innsbruck
• 1989 Peter Pacult: 26 Goals, FC Swarovski Tirol
• 1991 Vaclav Danek: 29 Goals, FC Swarovski Tirol
• 1993 Vaclav Danek: 24 Goals, FC Wacker Innsbruck
• 1995 Souleyman Sané: 20 Goals, FC Tirol Innsbruck
• 2001 Radoslaw Gilewicz: 22 Goals, FC Tirol Innsbruck

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Famous players

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Famous Managers

• Leopold Stastny 1966-1968
• Branko Elsner 1968-1970, 1974-1976, 1992
• Otto Baric 1971-1972
• Franz Wolny 1980-1984
• Felix Latzke 1985-1987
• Ernst Happel 1987-1991
• Horst Hrubesch 1992
• Walter Skokic 1993
• Horst Köppel 1993
• Hans Krankl 1994/95
• Dietmar Constantini 1995-1998
• Dr. Frantisek Cipro 1998-1999
• Kurt Jara 1999-2002
• Joachim Löw 2002

Ernst Happel (November 29, 1925 – November 14, 1992) was an Austrian football player and coach. ... Horst Hrubesch (born April 17, 1951 in Hamm) is a retired German soccer player and currently employed as a youth trainer at the DFB. His nickname was Das Kopfball-Ungeheuer (the Header Beast) for his incredible heading skill. ... Hans Krankl (born February 14, 1953 in Vienna, Austria) is a former professional football player and was a centre-forward. ... Kurt Jara (born October 14, 1950 in Innsbruck) is a retired Austrian footballer. ...

External links

• Wacker Innsbruck- Archive
  
• Wacker Tirol Homepage